2010年6月20日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Suicide bombs kill 33 in Iraq, officials say (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 04:57 PM PDT

An Iraqi Army soldier stands guard at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 20, 2010. Twin car bombs exploded Sunday near a major square in Baghdad, killing several people and wounding dozens in the latest attack targeting a high-profile area in the capital.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Suicide bombers in a crowded Baghdad commercial district and Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit killed as many as 33 people Sunday as insurgents tried to turn a monthslong deadlock over forming a new Iraqi government to their advantage.


Baghdad suicide bombers kill 26 in crowded street (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:59 AM PDT

A woman shouts following twin car bombs which killed mainly women and traffic police according to Baghdad operations command in the Mansour district of Baghdad. Suicide bombers in two cars killed 26 people and wounded 53 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday when they drove down a crowded street and blew themselves up simultaneously, security officials said.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - Suicide bombers in two cars killed 26 people and wounded 53 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday when they drove down a crowded street and blew themselves up simultaneously, security officials said.


Turkish troops enter Iraq after Kurd rebel attacks (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:52 AM PDT

Turkish troops patrol in Hakkari province, southeastern Turkey, on June 19. Turkish forces pushed into northern Iraq on Sunday, killing four people, including a 15-year-old girl, as they hit back against hideouts of Kurdish rebels who killed 12 soldiers in the deadliest spell of violence in two years.(AFP/File/Ho)AFP - Turkish forces pushed into northern Iraq on Sunday, killing four people, including a 15-year-old girl, as they hit back against hideouts of Kurdish rebels who killed 12 soldiers in the deadliest spell of violence in two years.


Suicide blasts kill 26 at Iraqi state-sector bank (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 07:55 AM PDT

Three-year-old Shakhawan Mohammed lies in a hospital in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 20, 2010. The child was injured and his sister killed in what local officials say were Turkish air raids in Iraq's Kurdish north — the first reported civilian death from shelling that began last week. (AP Photo)Reuters - Two suicide bombers detonated cars laden with explosives outside the Trade Bank of Iraq on Sunday, killing 26 people in the latest attack to raise concerns about the nation's stability after an inconclusive election.


U.S. pullout from Iraq triggers epic garage sale (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 05:46 AM PDT

Reuters - The detritus of occupation comes in all shapes and sizes.

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Posted: 20 Jun 2010 05:27 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi officials raise casualty toll in Baghdad bombings to 27 killed, 55 wounded.

Eight decomposing bodies found in Baghdad brothel (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 03:19 AM PDT

Reuters - The decomposing bodies of six women and two men were found in a suspected brothel in eastern Baghdad, Iraqi police sources said Sunday.

Turkish PM vows to crush Kurdish rebels (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 04:05 AM PDT

Three-year-old Shakhawan Mohammed lies in a hospital in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 20, 2010. The child was injured and his sister killed in what local officials say were Turkish air raids in Iraq's Kurdish north — the first reported civilian death from shelling that began last week. (AP Photo)AP - Turkey's prime minister traveled to his country's border with Iraq to assess security on Sunday and vowed that Kurdish rebels who killed 12 Turkish soldiers in cross-border attacks will "drown in their own blood."


Lawrence of Arabia, guiding US Army in Iraq and Afghanistan (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 01:44 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In a passage from his "Seven Pillars of Wisdom," T.E.
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